Last weekend was the Hamilton County Fair, located at Dallas Island at Chester Frost Park.
The County Fair was the first event I found when looking up events, right after we announced our move to Chattanooga. There is no county fair in Harris County, which is where Houston is located, (there are some further away in neighboring counties though) so I was excited to be able to go to this event.
It was a good sized event. It was much bigger than what we were used to back when we lived in rural Pennsylvania, though I will say that there were more vendors and entertainment compared to the amount of animals.
We enjoyed walking around and seeing the animals, the prize winning items, and the vendors. My favorite part of the day was watching the pig races. I grew up seeing pig races at the New Jersey State Fair, and I also saw them at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, but Derek had never seen them before.
We also found a new restaurant to check out in the future too. We were figuring out what to eat for lunch, and we noticed the Home Folks food truck. They were selling pulled pork sandwiches, and they were delicious! Derek also got the peach cobbler. It was hands down some of the best food we have ever gotten at an event like that. We looked at the Home Folks Restaurant online when we got home. They are located in Soddy-Daisy, and the menu looks great. It is nice to find new things to do by attending other events.
I would also like to go back to Chester Frost Park as well. The Park starts out on the mainland and then extends out into two islands in the Chickamauga Lake. Because it was on an island, we parked at the mall and took a shuttle over. It seems like a nice park, with walking trails, a beach and a campground too. We checked out some of the camping sites. Maybe that is something we could do in the future too.
